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Pediatric Advance Care Planning: A Scoping Review

Children, 2023
To assess current practice and provide a basis for a provincial template, clinicians at a Canadian pediatric hospice reviewed the literature surrounding pediatric advance care planning (pACP) documentation, process, and implementation for children/youth.
Nadine Lusney, Camara van Breemen, Edlyn Lim, Colleen Pawliuk, Zahra Hussein   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Notification of Terminal Status and Advance Care Planning in Patients with Cancer [PDF]

, 2022
As population aging increases the burden of cancer, the quality of death of patients with cancer is emerging as an important issue alongside their quality of life.
이시원, Si Won Lee
core   +1 more source

Advance care planning in adults with oral cancer: Multi‐institutional cross‐sectional study

Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology, 2021
Purpose Patients undergoing head and neck surgery are often elderly and frail with significant comorbidities. Discussion and documentation of what patients would desire for end‐of‐life care and decision‐making is, therefore, essential for delivering ...
David Forner, Daniel J. Lee, Rajan Grewal, Jenna MacDonald, Christopher W. Noel, S. Mark Taylor, David P. Goldstein   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

A New Model of Advance Care Planning

, 1999
BACKGROUND: Although theoretical concepts from ethics and law have been applied, there is no conceptual model of advance care planning rooted in the perspective of individuals engaged in it.
Martin, Douglas K., Singer, Peter A., Thiel, Elaine C.   +2 more
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What Can a Primary Care Physician Discuss With Older Patients to Improve Advance Directive Completion Rates? A Clin-IQ

Journal of Patient-Centered Research and Reviews, 2017
Advance directives (ADs) provide patients with the opportunity to indicate their preferences for medical care while they still maintain the capacity to express their wishes, thus retaining autonomy.
Judith M. Myers, Edmund Duthie Jr., Kathryn Denson, Steven Denson, Deborah Simpson   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Family caregivers’ concerns about advance care planning for home-dwelling people with dementia: a cross-sectional observational study in Japan

BMC Palliative Care, 2022
Background The importance of advance care planning for people with dementia has increased during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic. However, family caregivers may have concerns about having conversations regarding advance care planning with their ...
Miharu Nakanishi, Taeko Nakashima, Yuki Miyamoto, Syudo Yamasaki, Atsushi Nishida   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dialysis Patients' Preferences for Family-Based Advance Care Planning

, 1999
BACKGROUND: Most patients do not participate in advance care planning with physicians. OBJECTIVE: To examine patients' preferences for involving their physicians and families in advance care planning.
Badzek, Laurie A., Glover, Jacqueline J., Babrow, Austin S., Moss, Alvin H., Holley, Jean L., Hines, Stephen C.   +5 more
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Central Nervous System Tumors Among Infants in Canada: A Report From CYP‐C

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Central nervous system (CNS) tumors in infants are rare, pose unique clinical challenges, and lack large‐scale evidence‐based data to guide management. This study seeks to describe CNS tumors in Canadian infants and to compare their outcomes with those of older children.
Samuel Sassine, Hallie Coltin, Sylvia Cheng, Lucie Lafay‐Cousin, Vanan Issai Magimairajan, Craig Erker, Stéphanie Vairy, Lynette Bowes, Adam Fleming, Donna Johnston, Sarah McKillop, Roona Sinha, Julie Bennett, Christina Coleman, Laura Wheaton, Shayna Zelcer, Samuele Renzi, Thai Hoa Tran   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

What Influences Individuals to Engage in Advance Care Planning?

, 2010
Advance care planning (ACP) is an underutilized process that involves thinking about what kind of life-prolonging medical care one would want should the need arise, identifying a spokesperson, and then communicating these ...
Michael J. Green, Megan Whitehead, Cheryl Dellasega, Benjamin H. Levi, Levi, Benjamin H, Dellasega, Cheryl, Green, Michael J, Whitehead, Megan   +7 more
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Impact of Radiation Therapy on Physical and Psychosocial Health of Adolescents and Young Adults: A Joint Report From the Children's Oncology Group AYA and Radiation Oncology Committees

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rates of cancer among adolescents and young adults (AYA), age 15–39 years, are increasing. Consequently, radiation oncologists are treating more AYAs who have diagnoses spanning both pediatric and adult practices. Compared to pediatric and older adult patients, AYAs face a unique set of challenges.
Hesham Elhalawani, Rachel K. Peterson, Avani D. Rao, Laurie J. McKenzie, Ahmed Magdy Elmotayam, Leslie Chang, Michael Roth, Susan L. McGovern   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source